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Capt. John;
Knowing what a stickler you are for details:
Your Staggerwing to the FAA is a BE17, as a civilian she is a D-17,
and she was born a Navy GB-2. She was on the line with my D-17
serial 6911 in my birth year of 1944. Cool. What great history.
I was on an IFR flt plan one day and on arrival found folks waiting to
see a B-17.
A fella wrecked a friends Stagg in N.C. and the FAA sent two feds to investigate the runway incident of a B-17. Surprise!
Thank you again.
RRF